Top 25 : Longhorns lasso Texas A&M in double overtime

Kevin Durant scored 30 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead No. 15 Texas (22-7, 12-3) past No. 7 Texas A&M (24-5, 12-3) 98-96 in double overtime Wednesday night in Austin, Texas, denying the Aggies their chance to clinch a share of their first Big 12 title.

The Aggies’ Acie Law forced both overtimes with 3-pointers. His first over Durant with 1.1 seconds left in regulation tied it at 78. He did it again when he hit another with 26 seconds left in the second overtime to make it 88-all.

It looked like he would do it again when he drove to the basket for a tying layup at the end of the second, but his shot was blocked by Damion James with 15 seconds left.

Law, who finished with 33 points for A&M got to the free-throw line with the Aggies down by three with 1.4 seconds left. He made the first to pull them within two, but he was forced to miss the second to give his team a chance to grab the rebound. The final putback was well off the mark.

(24) Maryland 85, (14) Duke 77: At Durham, N.C., Mike Jones scored 25 points and D.J. Strawberry had a pair of baskets during the decisive second-half spurt to lead the Terrapins (23-7, 9-6 ACC) past the Blue Devils (22-8, 8-7).

Strawberry finished with 17 points for the Terrapins.

Ekene Ibekwe also scored 17 points, while freshman Greivis Vasquez added 13 points and 12 assists to help Maryland sweep the season series with the Blue Devils for the second time in the last three years.

(19) Vanderbilt 99, South Carolina 90 (OT): At Columbia, S.C., Shan Foster scored a career-high 33, Derrick Byars added eight of his 18 points in overtime and the Commodores (20-9, 10-5 Southeastern Conference) surrendered a 17-point second-half lead before rallying to beat the Gamecocks (14-14, 4-11).

Byars, the team’s leading scorer, was held to 10 points during regulation. But he made two consecutive 3-pointers to start the extra session and give the Commodores an 87-82 lead.

The Gamecocks couldn’t get closer than four points the rest of the way.

Women

(12) Oklahoma 88, (16) Baylor 61: At Norman, Okla., Courtney Paris scored 28 points and Chelsi Welch added a career-best 24 as the Sooners (23-4, 13-3 Big 12) beat the Lady Bears (24-6, 11-5).

Paris added 18 rebounds to record her 55th straight double-double.

(14) Texas A&M 67, Texas 60: At College Station, Texas, A’Quonesia Franklin scored a career-high 27 points and the Aggies (23-5, 13-3) held off the Longhorns (17-13, 6-10).

Brittainey Raven scored a career-high 19 points for Texas.

(19) Bowling Green 92, Miami (Ohio) 62: At Bowling Green, Ohio, Carin Horne scored 23 points and Ali Mann added 22 to lead the Falcons (26-3, 15-1 Mid-American Conference) to a win over the RedHawks (12-17, 6-10).

The Falcons took a 37-33 lead at halftime and never trailed.